322 STAGGERS, &c. 



Take of valerian root and horferadifli root 

 (fcraped or diced) each two ounces; 



Virginian fnake root and muftard feed (bruifed) 

 each one ounce • upon thefe pour three pints 

 of boiling water ; let them be covered clofe ; 

 and when nearly cold enough for ufe flrain 

 through a cloth, ufmg prefTure to the ingre- 

 dients, that the whole may be extraded. 

 Half of this to be given for one dofe, and re- 

 peated in fix, eight, or ten hours, as circum- 

 ftances may require. 



In cafes of danger, and at a great diftance 

 from towns where the above articles cannot 

 be immediately obtained, fubftitute a ftrong 

 infufion, of rue, camomile, horferadifh, muf- 

 tard, or pennyroyal; taking two ounces of each 

 of the three that can be moft expeditioully 

 procured, and pour upon them three pints of 

 boiling water; let them ftand till nearly cool, 

 ftralnoft, and give the proportion above direct- 

 ed, repeating it as there fpecified; remem- 

 bering this is prefcribed only as a temporary 

 fubftitute till more powerful reliefs can be 

 obtained; and not by any means to be put in 

 competition with the efficacious ftimulants 

 before recommended. 



When 



